Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 26, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 It didn't have to be written that way. The story itself is that way, however you write it.1
zem@zem42·Jul 26, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr i do see what you mean. wish i could articulate clearly why i disagree. some feeling that the world *should* (and can!) support art.31
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Jul 26, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @vgr I'd rather we figure out food, water, healthcare, education, equality & rights for all.3
zem@zem42·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @athomasq@athomasq @vgr wasn't the point i was making; my point was ideally arts should be supported by something other than market forces1
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @vgr but in this case we're not supporting art, we're supporting a bottled-water, fancy coffee, artistic snowflake lifestyle.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @athomasq@athomasq @zem42 Am wary of judging others' consumption. I support via market mechs on merits of the output. What they do with $ not my biz11
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @zem42 Precisely! I think this is my view in a nutshell.1
zem@zem42·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @athomasq@athomasq @vgr i dislike that view because it means the production end optimises for popularity. i do agree other strats have impl. issues.2
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @vgr saying "implementation issues" skips the crux. markets are the worst form of resource alloc ever devised, except for all others.31
zem@zem42·Jul 27, 2015Replying to @athomasq@athomasq @vgr markets right now seem to be suffering both from perverse incentives towards artificial scarcity and rich-get-richer effects4
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @zem42@zem42 @athomasq The moment you design an institution, you've locked in its incentives, in all their perversity, indefinitely8:05 PM · Jul 27, 2015